Arcata man arrested after marijuana found

An Arcata man was arrested on Wednesday after authorities served a search warrant and found 4.5 pounds of concentrated cannabis and 1 pound of processed marijuana.

The Arcata police were dispatched at noon to an apartment on the 500 block of H Street to investigate a disturbance, and found a concentrated cannabis processing operation inside, according to a department press release. Evidence of sales was also found.

Michael Robert Jonson, 35, was arrested on suspicion of possession of concentrated cannabis for sales and booked on an out-of-county felony warrant for the same offense, the release said. An arrest warrant for maintaining a residence for the purpose of drugs is being sough for a second resident, 36-year-old Nicole Atkin West.